Finished book 'The Great Gatsby'

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Finished one much admired American novel The Great Gatsby. This was a new taste and feel for me as far the prose style of Fitzgerald was concerned. The expression in the book was so effortless that it unleashed the emotions like fluid which slipped into my imagination perfectly well, without challenging my intellect even slightly. Some time it also penetrated deep, without any bloodshed, but to immense pain (Wilson cry: ‘oh my god ..oh my god’ over his dead wife). The characterization was quite natural -though to understand it well one has to be well ingrained in that culture to which the characters belong so my observation as an Indian might be myopic in this regard. The plot in novel per se is not new (there are plenty of stories around pursuit of lost love) yet the characters inside give me a complete unique read experience. Personally, I did not like Daisy whom the Gatsby loved and sacrificed his life for. Materialistic (realistic?), she too ,like many others, did not turn up on his funeral-thanks that at least she could not be reached by Nick after Gatsby death otherwise she too had demanded him to send off her certain shoes or whatever she might have left at Gatsby’s palace where he used to throw grand parties to pursue her. Her husband Tom was relatively good character. Though, I did not like him either. In this novel even protagonist Gatsby is not on high moral ground, he conspired to acquire which was no longer his. The book is interesting read, picks the pace after the latter half. I will work on detail review of this book. Have you read this book what is your thought on its story line and its characters?